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I prefer to look at it like a gearhead’s slide rule

I came across this MPG calculator. There is one feature that makes it pretty unique. In the lower left-hand corner, you insert your car key into each of the three rotating number wheels. You set the numbers, ignoring tenths of a mile, so that you can easily remember how many miles you have...

I somewhat figured out the wiring for the fluorescent display chronometer. There are still two wires that I don’t know the purpose of. I wonder if one dims the display a little when you turn your headlights on. As for the fifth wire, I am at a loss. It wasn’t very important, so I gave up on...

I found a nice key storage board at the flea market today

I came across a pretty heavy duty shelf today for 10 bucks. There was some advertising on the side that indicated it was for A1 sauce. I cut two by fours to elevate the cans in the back. I remembered I had this Valvoline decal sitting around. I put the decal on a piece of poster board and...

Here are a couple of pamphlets I picked up at today’s flea market. A Chrysler turbine car brochure. Also a couple of perpetual calendars, one of which, the gold one, I have had from the time my dad got it from Highland Park. Also a champion notebook.

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Here is my latest gadget for the garage cave. It is a vintage car compass. Some of these were unlighted, and some of them had a pen light inside that could be activated by a push button. I took a lighted model, took out the battery and bulb, and put in a couple of white 12 volt LEDs. I will...

I came across this dealership pamphlet outlining trailer packages. Some of the hottest engines of 1964 were excluded from these packages. The 273 from Valiant, the 426 from Plymouth, and the Firepower 390 Ram Engine from Chrysler

Here are two different styles of Mopar chronometers. The left is the type that mechanically turns drums with the numbers on them. The one on the right is a solid state version with LED numbers. I want to make use of them as garage cave clocks. The electrical hook up for the one on the left is...

As an aside, remember when the horizontal and vertical adjustments on a television set were almost used as much as the channel selector and volume control?

For some reason, the photos wouldn’t load on my phone. I tried on my pad, it worked

My biggest hobby, after my RT, is antique and vintage tube and transistor radios. When I saw this radio, I thought it was oddly unusual and cool. Since I bought it, I have been on the lookout at garage and Estate Sales for an appropriate slide for it. A few days ago I came across one I thought...

Another coin holder from NBD and a DAV mini plate from 1959

The bottle of LX-521 additive tickles my funny bone. The first thing that I find a little odd is the amateurish label. The claimed 10% to 30% increased gasoline mileage is a little hard to swallow. Then there is the mixing ratio. 1 tablespoon for 15 gallons of gas. Wow! This stuff sure must be...

A can of Mobil cylinder oil, some Goodyear glue, monkey grip patches from Kmart, some lens tissues from the shatterproof glass corporation, Kenmore oil, and some merchandise certificates from Erickson oil, in Hudson, Wisconsin, good until December 31, 1957

A 6 foot Uniroyal tape measure. A Monkey Wards Riverside tube repair kit.

I came across this package of seatbelt reels. It amazes me how much of this type of stuff lays around for 60+ years unused and unopened. The instructions are dated 1963. As you can see this package was priced by the manufacturer at $3.95. It looks like the store Hand stamped their price of $2.79...

Thanks to all!!!

Every letter the DAV sent out contained a pair of the mini plates. You can see the instructions on the backs of the four plates, Guaranteeing postage. The story I heard is that in 1968, because of the donations dwindling, instead of sending the plates out to millions of people for that year, the...